TABLE 6. Summary of Biological Observations Made at Transect T-4, East of the Kalihi Entrance Channel 
(Station B, about 2.2 km Offshore of Mokauea Island in Keehi Lagoon) on 13 October 1994 


Quadrat Distance Along Transect
I. Quadrat Survey

0 m
5 m
10 m
15 m
20 m


Algae





Martensia fragilis




0.1
Tolypiocladia glomerulata


0.1


Sponge





Spirastrella coccinea
0.8
1.1
1
1.1
2
Chondrosia chucalla


0.1
0.1

Plakortis simplex



0.1
0.1
Soft Corals





Anthelia edmondsoni


0.1

0.1
Corals





Porites lobata
2.2
8.4
0.2
0.9
2.4
Pocillopora meandrina


0.8
1.2
1.3
Montipora verrucosa
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1

Montipora patula
0.2
1.1


0.2






Sand
18
9
7
17
2
Rubble
5
9

3

Hard Substratum
73.7
71.1
90.6
77.5
91.8


II. Macroinvertebrate Census (4 m ? 20 m)
No. of 
Individuals





Phylum Annelida





Spirobranchus giganteus corniculatus
3




Phylum Arthropoda





Thalmita edwardsi
1




Phylum Echinodermata





Echinostrephus aciculatum
4




Echinometra mathaei
2




Echinothrix diadema
3




Linckia diplax
1






III. Fish Census (4 m ? 20 m)






9 Species





20 Individuals





Estimated Standing Crop = 23 g/m2






NOTE: Results of the 5-m2 quadrat sampling of the benthic community are presented in Part I as percent cover, counts of 
diurnally exposed macroinvertebrates are given in Part II, and a summary of the fish census is given in Part III. Water depth 
ranges from 13.7 to 14 m; mean coral coverage is 3.9% (quadrat method).


